Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22
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heve inst received from valued
.-.ua and acquaintance the following
,.s.r IN which he writes answering
ny inquiries;
-. sIone. I would say the Hoistein;
- hrtter. perhaps, the Jersey; and
Combination Of milk, butter,
- beef and early maturity,
.-.rid say the Shorth0rns.
sTn the Breeders Gazette there
.or,e statements as follows. Clio
ssn,thoFns sold at public sales a.
...s.st 10 of all other beef breeds for !
~, season, While the total average /
Is1 the sales shows the ShorthOrn /
s.r-.qe lower than the Others, it Is no /
1000 that the very highest average 4
80 AZ single sales were shorthorns. 1
sts mans can be bought much cheap 4
snd are lust as good for all pur-
- and I believe they viii be the 4
.9isg color In & short time. All the 4
-, sre kept and bred, regardless Of 4
-,si;tv while none Of the whites and /
.s-ns are kent unless their quality and I
a.~nass l. such that their owners can
- aiseard them. As 10 quality, the i
,-hites and roans are superior now, Z
"a Vii continue to gain as time passes /
!. The red is nothing more than q 4
s--zs and Is lowering the individuality 4
u ehorthorns. Now / have reds and /
-, raising reds; but what / have said 1
= reeard 20 color are facts, as far as /
nv observation goes, and have |
-stehed the movements pretty closely |
q lste. The prize winners among the I
sharthorns. at all the national fat I
ssock shows. have been whites and 1
rosns for the past three years"
This gentleman lives in Indiana, is
thoroughly conscientious man. IS OBJ
serving and intelligent, and has been
a breeder Of Shorthorns for many |
ysars / respect his judgment and |
know this is his honest belief. have |
no doubt but what he says Is true.
The reds are fashionable, while the
roans have superior MORT. Neyerthe-
l.ss am breeding to the red bull |
Hamlet because it is fashionable I
% buy reds, and because thought his |
calves would sell best; and because,
further, / knew in this case he had 1
some merit besides that Of having a
pediKree and a red color. We are in
elinSd 10 rely too much upon breed. |
Nv neighbor, Denny Mullen, said
Yesterday, when they brought the milk
over 70 the creamery, that he turned
bis calves out 10 shift for themselves
at two months old. ! urged him TO
take at least a part OF the skim milk
back TO continue feeding, but he said
he thought it would not pay. | know
he Is mistaken. | would no more
think Of turning a two months old
calf out 10 shift for itself than expect
atwo.year-old child could live without
further care. | mean 10 feed our
calves until they are five months old,
and in any event until the fall rains
start the grass afresh. Blood will not
tell without feed. With both together
we get the best results.
Twoof my best peach trees are dead.
These have borne regular crops every
rear since | have owned the place,
Tour years. and from their size would
Judge them TO have been ten years old.
lis useless TO call this a peach coun-
try west OF the mountains, Tor it Is not.
Still we can, by careful selection OF va
Tieties and proper exposure, raise quite
enough for home consumption, and OF
much better quality than any OF us 4
thought possible fifteen years ago. /
Grandfather Sumner said, when he /
first settled here, that he did not like 4
10 live IL q country where he could not 4
s.saahaa NFt,a..
and We began 10 get some plums, he 4
said these more than compensated for I
the loss Of the bach. He lived long /
enough, though, to see some good |
peaches grow also. But Of plums- 4
can there be any better grown than /
we have here2 Think not. We ought |
70 grow more of them 10 dry and ex-
port, as well as prunes. | have plum /
trees that have never missed a crop
for seventeen years, and, from every
appearance, are capable OF bearing an
other seventeen crops, as they are yet
strong, vigorous and healthy.
The trouble with my trees was, they
came forward too early in midwinter,
and were caught in the cold snap that
gave US the ice for the dairy. think
these were on soil too rich The Yaki-
ma valley, that dreary waste" as we
used 20 call II, will give us an abundant
supply Of peaches near by. There are
numerous localities in the Territory
that can grow an abundant supply not
only for our home consumption, but
also for the more distant demand upon
either slope of the. Rockies, and even
beyond.
told Frank today 10 fence in feed
ing yard for the hogs. Into that yard
shall 90 every accumulation from all
the stables on the place and refuse
matter from every quarters the ashes
rom the steves, the trimmings of veg
tables, all the straw-everything that
has a manurial value. We shall SOW
grain over this at stated intervals, TO
induce hunt for food and get the ma.
nure pile worked over without paying
forty dollars a month for IL. | believe
this is better for US than composing.
because cheaper; nevertheless we must
have some material 30 mix with this,
and, II there is not enough litter, then
something must be added. Since We
pinned the hop-poles, which compelled
cutting the vine a good deal to get Il
on the pole, We have been able 10 haul
The vines to the barnyard and utilize
some Of them. ! believe we ought TO
use all Of them in that way
A gentleman from the interior OF
New York State, writing me about the
hop crop outlook, says: Enough is
now apparent to indicate a reduction
% acreage from last year (ineluding
unusual dead hills and actual blowing
nplo . per cent. in this State" and
further gives reasons for believing that
What is left will not yield full crop.
This means a reduction Of fully seven
teen thousand acres, or nearly five
times as many acres as there Is in all
o. Warrington Territory. This does
not mean $ decreasing yield Of that
proportion. the average yield in New
FORK being less than six hundred
pounds, while that Of Washington is
more than sixteen hundred Notwith-
Standing this enormous destruction 81
hop-yards in New York. and fully a.
great IN England. there may yet be an
abundance Of hops, with prices mod
low.